One of the many exciting things kayaking has bought to my life is the love of getting under the water with snorkel & mask to explore and hunt & gather.. it was the hunt & gather that first gave courage/motivation to get under my kayak in the hope of a feed of tasty NZ scollops.. I did

Spring is close and today was a stunner of a morning..to good to resist a quick paddle out in my sea kayak before work (had a late start 😉 .. I took this opportunity to troll some my new Bibbed hard body( Lively Lures) for snapper over the shallows.. this would be my first

RAILBLAZA have just release a new Mobi mobile device holder which I have been trialling for the last couple of weeks out in my kayaks. I have been using the old Mobi for some time now to hold my handheld Garmin GPS (GPSMAP 78sc).. both on my fishing kayak and my single & double sea kayaks… having multiple kayaks meant

I have had 2 kayak fishing trips here at my local beach in the last week and both with great success. The success came by way of one 52cm snapper in each trip landed in 2.5m of water on a piece of reef I usually paddle over to get to deeper water.. Night Fishing, phosphorescence The first

Filming the adventure to share with friends and family has become a great enjoyment for me… I now have over 60 videos on my YouTube channel with over 90’000.00 channels views!! this tells me people are enjoying the videos which makes it all worth while… Getting video footage that is interesting and engaging can be difficult with only 1

In this session I join the members of local, NZ East Auckland Kayak Fishing Club (EAKFC), in the pool for some SoT kayak self-rescue practise. Although they have been kayak fishing for some time, for many of the member’s this is the first time they have attempted trying to get back on their kayaks. I

After choosing your fishing kayak you will need to select key accessories to get started… high up this list should be an anchoring system. Kayaks are only small things on the water, even light winds can blow them off a fishing spot faster than you realize, an anchor system is essential for your success,

After filleting the snapper I caught kayak fishing last night I thought it would be good to share some of my own opinions on best practises for keeping your catch fresh and at best table eating quality…the fact is many fisherman do not look after the fish they catch and the resulting experience for the

I have recently been playing around with a modification to the the mounting of my RAILBLAZA StarPorts and wanted to share this great little mod. This was shown to me by kayak fishing expert and Viking Kayaks NZ sales manager Stephen Tapp… where he mounted a StarPort to the bait board on his fishing

Keeping my catch fresh is the most important thing to me when kayak fishing..looking after the fish from the moment it comes out of the ocean makes all the difference to the enjoyment at the table. To help me keep my fish fresh and secure I use the Insulated Fish Bag from Surf To Summit